A new lawsuit alleges that a deaf man who was killed in Baltimore's jail was forced to share a cell with a first-degree ...

Javarick Gantt, a deaf detainee, was strangled to death in jail after being forced to share a cell with a violent first-degree murder suspect. His family's lawsuit highlights communication challenges ...

The family of deaf man Javarick Gantt sues Baltimore jail for failing to protect him from his killer cellmate.

BALTIMORE (AP) — In the days before Javarick Gantt was strangled to death in jail, he was forced to share a cell with a first-degree murder suspect whose violent behavior had already alarmed his ...

Gantt, who used sign language because he was deaf, struggled to communicate with corrections officers and other detainees, making him especially vulnerable to violence, his family alleges.